Updated 11:16 pm, Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #11 Kevin Robinson proudly holds up the CIAC Division II trophy after the team beat East Catholic, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday March 20 2013. less

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #11 Kevin Robinson proudly holds up the CIAC Division II trophy after the team beat East Catholic, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in ... more

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #11 Kevin Robinson manuevers the puck for a penalty goal shot past East Catholic goalie Thomas Usseglio, during fourth period overtime of CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday March 20 2013. Robinson made the shot giving Fairfield the win. less

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #11 Kevin Robinson, arm raised, celebrates a goal against East Catholic, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday March 20 2013. less

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #11 Kevin Robinson, arm raised, celebrates a goal against East Catholic, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on ... more

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang goalie Kyle Greenhut tries to block a shot by East Catholic's #2 Brian O'Connell, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday March 20 2013. O'Connell scored on this attempt. less

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang goalie Kyle Greenhut tries to block a shot by East Catholic's #2 Brian O'Connell, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on ... more

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #2 Conor Scharlop, left hugs teammates #5 Daniel Silvestri and #1 Connor Frawley, right, after the team defeated East Catholic in fourth period overtime of CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday March 20 2013. Robinson made a penatly shot giving Fairfield the win. less

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #2 Conor Scharlop, left hugs teammates #5 Daniel Silvestri and #1 Connor Frawley, right, after the team defeated East Catholic in fourth period overtime of CIAC Division II ... more

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang team members celebrate their win over East Catholic, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday March 20 2013.

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang team members celebrate their win over East Catholic, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday March 20 2013.

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #22 Kyle Scheetz, right, and East Catholic's #22 Evan Cedrone struggle for control of the puck, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. on Wednesday March 20 2013. less

Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe Mustang's #22 Kyle Scheetz, right, and East Catholic's #22 Evan Cedrone struggle for control of the puck, during CIAC Division II boys hocksey state final action at Ingalls Rink in New ... more

Robinson's fourth goal, on an overtime penalty shot, lifted the 13th-seeded Mustangs to a dramatic 4-3 win over No. 2 East Catholic on Wednesday at Ingalls Rink.

"I think it is well-deserved," Fairfield coach Mark Pettorini said. "There were some funky calls, it was a little emotional, but I think fate went in the right direction."

Fairfield (14-11) capped a Cinderella odyssey in which it won four straight games as the lower seed, two in overtime. Fairfield is the highest seed to claim a state title since Fairfield Prep won as a 13 in 2000.

East Catholic finished its year 19-6. Eagles goalie Tommy Usseglio made 31 saves, including a highlight-reel stop with his stick on Robinson's try early in the third period.

"It was a beautiful save," Robinson said.

With the game tied at 3, and the clock ticking down, Kryspin's shot beat Usseglio with zeros on the clock, and Fairfield celebrated as if it had stolen the state title.

But the officials converged and ruled that time had expired, disallowing the goal and sending the teams to overtime.

"The (goal light) won't click to red if it is out of time," Pettorini said. "The light never clicked, so they said the time was elapsed."

"You walk off the ice with new life," East Catholic goalie Drew Clarkin said.

Greenhut stopped four shots in OT, keeping Fairfield even. With 5:30 left in overtime, Fairfield pressed Usseglio, trying to claim the winner, and an Eagle defender covered the puck with his hand in the crease -- an automatic penalty shot.

"From our vantage point, I know the officials were on top of it," Clarkin said. "From the bench, we couldn't tell one way or the other."

"As soon as we got that penalty shot called, we knew who we were putting in there," Pettorini said. "It was the easiest coaching decision I've ever had to make."

Robinson stepped up, deked to his backhand, then back to his forehand, before sliding the puck through the wide-open net, sending Fairfield's team and fan section into delirium at 9:42 of overtime.

"(Usseglio) came out, and I knew I had to go to the forehand," Robinson said. "It's a great feeling; there's not really much more to say about it."

With Fairfield trailing 3-2 in the third, and with less than 10 minutes remaining in its season, Robinson capped his hat trick when he was the last to touch the puck on Fairfield's game-tying goal at 5:31.

The junior forward also netted the game's first two goals, both from Conor Scharlop, to give Fairfield a 2-0 advantage just 11:01 in.

After Alex Manner's power-play goal cut Fairfield's edge to one at 14:11, the Eagles scored a pair of second-period goals. Griffin Casey's rebound shot beat Greenhut, sending East Catholic to the locker room up 3-2 after 30 minutes.

"We played a much better second period," Clarkin said.

Robinson, whose older brother, James, was on Fairfield's only other state finalist in 2008, received some inspirational words from his elder sibling.

"He was back here his junior year, and they lost it," Robinson said. "He said, `Avenge me, do it for Fairfield hockey,' and I just put it all out there and scored four goals."